Saturday, February 21, 2009

Advance technology


In the old days, to send a message to someone overseas, it would most probably take a few days. But what if it is a very important message? That could not be helped. However, with modern technology, a mail to someone overseas is merely a click away. Modern technology had enabled us to have easier and more convenient way of communication. You can type a message from Singapore to America and it would only take a few minutes. People use these ways of communication to do business with clients overseas. A simple click on the 'send' button can let the client receive a brief introduction on your product or the price you are willing to pay for a certain product etc. With modern technology, you can even chat or 'msn' your friends or clients. It has indeed allowed better and easier communication.To place an order for a certain item in a shop is also much easier now. You do not need to go down to the shop yourself, but just make a phone call to place your reservations. To contact your friends, you can just pick up the phone and make a phone call.

However, with these new technology and inventions, many bad things happen as well. People can make use of the mail system to trick money from naive old people who are not internet savvy. They also make use of these technology to defame and spam other people. They think that by defaming others online and putting their name as anonymous, people would not find out who they are. However, that is a wrong concept. No matter what you do on the internet, you can always be tracked down. By checking the IP address of your computer, they can track down the person who committed the crime. Spamming. Many people spam others for fun of for advertising purpose. This can cause irritation of many people and also make people feel uncomfortable. Examples of spamming are mails that are send to you over and over again although they are not related to you.

Therefore, I agree that although the advanced technology is good, paople still have to respect the important rules online.

2 comments:

  1. A well written post. I enjoyed reading your blog. Keep on writing!

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  2. Recently a BBC report stated that people are increasingly incompetent in face to face interactions because they have relied too heavily of communications technology. Interesting article! Mr. B

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